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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 46-CAN OR.DTNANCE . i Granting to the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway, its, successors, or assigns, the right and priv- ilege to construct, lay and maintain a O.ide, or switch track of standard gauge, over and acrd)ss Railroad .Avenue, to connCct their track with a switch track to a point where it enters the. north half of block fifty-five (55) i of the Van V`1ormer Addition, and to overate its trains and cars thLreon for ten years. Said side, or switch track to connect With the main track of the said Gulf, Bdaurriont & Kansas City Railway, where it intersects the east side of Railroad Avenue, and to run in a westerly direction across Railroad Avenue to the north-east portion of block fifty- five (55) vihere it shall enter said property as per the red line indicated on a blue --print attached hereto, and made a part of'this ordinance; prescribing the conditions to be fulfilled before said ordinance shall go into effect, and the time limit of said construction of said track. q BE IT ORDAINED BY TLTF CITY COL�NCIL OF THF CITY OF BEAUMONT : SECTIOZ1. That the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Ry., is hereby granted the right and privilege to con- struct, lay and maintain over and across Railroad Ave., in the City of Eeaw,iont, a side, or switch track of standard gauge., and to operate its trains and cars thereon"for a per- iod of ten yeE�xs. Said side, or switcr, track is a continua- tion of a track now existing in the rear of block twenty --two (22) of the Van Wormer Addition, and which is fourteen feet Irom the main line of the Gulf , Beaumont & Kansas City Ry., to the Crookett Strset depot, and which runs in a westerly direction across Railroad Avenue, where it enters the north �z pry, hz� Jas/ Ci,j;y Searetar portion of kloek fifty. -five (55) of the Van dormer Addition as shpwn by the red line indicated on a blue --print attach6d hereto, and made a part of this ordinance. SECTIOH 11. The side or switch track constructed under this ordinance shall be used only as an industrial track; it being understood that the construction of said tr track is only for the purpose of extending the Main track. SECTION III. No cars of any kind shall be al- lowed to stand on the portion of said switch track, which is in the public streets of the.City of Beaumont. SECTION IV. The grantee hereunder shall keep up and Maintain a crossing over sain trael. satisfactory to the City Engineer of the City of Beaumont, and unon the failure of said grantee at any time to keep said crossing and said switch track in a condition satisfactory to the City Engineer, the City of Beaumont shall have the right to re:,ove said track from its streets and to collect the costs thereof from the grantee herein. SECTION V. The foregoing rights and privileges are granted upon the express condition that said grantee, its successors, or assigns, shall within thirty(30) days -after the final passage of this ordinance file with the City Secretary its vlritten acceptance of this ordinance. SECTION V1. Unless the grantee, its successors, or. assigns, if it accepts. this ordinance, construct, lay and have completed the track herein syupulated, within one hundred and twenty (120) days, after the final passage and publication of phis ordinance, then same shall ne null and void and of no force and effect. � Z D osz this day Kip, VIN Sccr el;u3'�r. 3. SECTION VII. This ordinance is passed subject to the charter and Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, and all future Charters, and Ordinances that may be passed thdre- under. SECTION VIII. This ordinance shall go into effect from and after its passage; filing of the acceptance, and publication, and shall continue for a period of ten(10) ,years, unless annulled sooner as provided in said ordinance. passed this thy of day of 1918. Approved this the day of 1918. Attest: City Secretary. Mayor of the City of Beaumont. FILED on, this day ICI , WIT (i) Beaumont, Texas, March 5th, 1916, To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, City. Gentlemen; - Te,,--y­ou-r--Ordi-nance--- committee --to- whom-mas---re-f-e-r-red - -- the attached ordinance granting a, franchise to the Gulf,, Beaumont &-Kansas City "w"! Railway foraa switch across Block 55 of the Van Wormer Addition, beg, to recommend that same be granted., upon the condition therein set out. FILED 07.v Jay WIX F. cretary, 4d o?5�1d� CO o �-